A Lot Has Changed in 102 Years

Fillmore’s original 2 story structure fronting 65th Avenue was built in 1912 as a tavern. The area we now know as Fresh Meadows from 73rd Ave. to the LIE and 164th St. to Utopia Pkwy. was called “Kerosene Heights” by the locals because it was the last neighborhood in Flushing to be electrified.

The bar was to the left as you walked in and the kitchen is still in the same place. In 1913 a sitting room was added to the rear of the building. This room was set up as a bus depot and was used by women and children waiting for the bus that traveled along Nassau Blvd., now the LIE from Long Island City to Lake Success.

The tavern owner lived upstairs and worked the store himself. His wife was the local midwife and a few of our current neighbors were born upstairs in the front room. During Prohibition the tavern operated under the guise of a grocery store. When the location openly operated as a tavern again it changed the bus depot into a party room and added a beer garden that stretched to 71st Ave. Many a ‘Polish Wedding’ was hosted all weekend long through the 1940′s.

“Bottomless Sunday Brunch Skillet”

11am-3pm

Also includes coffee & 1 complimentary Mimosa

$11.95 per person (adult)

$8.95 (kids 10 & under)

A Tavern Location for over 99 Years!

The last of the Corner Neighborhood Restaurants. Where real New Yorkers eat and drink. Use the back door of this 'Speak Easy' and tell them 'Rick Sent Ya'. Casual is Cool! For over 30 Years, 3,000 Friends, 3,000,000 Stories